Advertisement label of Zechmeyer, showing a 12 k stamp with inscription (in German): 'Originals from the Bavarian postal administation, obtained on 27 February 1877, for sale, stamp dealer G.Zechmeyer, Nurnberg'.
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Georg Zechmeyer was a stamp dealer, toy dealer and stamp forger of Nurnberg (Germany). He was born in Ansbach in 1836. See for more information on Zechmeyer the book 'Philatelic Forgers, their Lives and Works' by V.E.Tyler. He died on 30 June 1899.
Advertisement label of Zechmeyer, showing a 12 k stamp with
inscription (in German): 'Originals from the Bavarian postal
administation, obtained on 27 February 1877, for sale, stamp
dealer G.Zechmeyer, Nurnberg'.
On 27 February 1877 (according to one of his own
advertisement labels, see Volume 1 of this catalogue under
Bavaria), he acquired all remainders of the stamps of the Kreuzer
stamps of Bavaria (including postal stationery) for 4005 Gulden.
According to V.E.Tyler this included three and a half million
stamps. He resells half of these stamps for 4000 Gulden to the
stamp dealer Julius Goldner. See also "The Stamps of the
German States" by Bertram W.H.Poole (also
downloadable from http://www.archive.org).
The book of Poole mentions that following remainders were bought
be Zechmeyer:
1 k: 942,000 stamps (watermark wavy lines)
3 k: 1,470,000 stamps (watermark wavy lines)
6 k: 171,600 stamps,
7 k: 321,000 stamps (watermark wavy lines)
9 k: 174,000 stamps
10 k: 120,000 stamps (watermark wavy lines)
12 k: 3,000 stamps
18 k: 99,000 stamps (watermark wavy lines).
He also sold brochures with imitations of 40 classical worldwide stamps (source: Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V.). His sons, Jakob and Georg, continued the business after his death.
Zechmeyer forgery of a 2 p swan stamp of Western Australia. The
cancel might have been printed together with the stamp, since
I've seen another Zechmeyer forgery with exactly the same cancel
in exactly the same location.
1 p Nevis stamp in the wrong colour; black on lilac (same color
as the above shown Western Australia forgery). The cancel
(consisting of four lines) is always placed in the same position.
Some forgeries of Nevis, sometimes attributed to Zechmeyer. Note
that the 1Shilling has inscription '1 Schilling'!
Zechmeyer also made forgeries of the first issue of Brazil and the 1 Sc Papal States stamp.
Zechmeyer also published the book 'Handbuch fur Postmarkensammler' by Ferdinand Meyer (1881). This book can be found on http://www.archive.org. It had descriptions of all postage stamps (no images), including locals.
He also made inverted images with stamps (transfer pictures or 'Abziehbilder' or 'decalcomanies' to be used as toys; to be transferred on a child's arm); see http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=20462 for more information.
Example for Baden 1 Kr blue stamp in reverse